BRONCOS WIN FIFTH STRAIGHT EXAMINING HOW DENVER HAS TURNED IT AROUND AND WHETHER IT CAN BE SUSTAINED

The are the hottest team, a sentence that over a month ago would've been describing the heat of the flame inside the dumpster fire in Denver, now that the club has won a league-high five straight.After Week 6, the Broncos were 1-5 with an epically embarra sing 70-20 defeat to the on their resume and a lone win coming by three points against the . T

It feels like linebackers aren't nearly as important today as they once were -- heck, most defenses have removed one linebacker in almost every down-and-distance situation -- but most of the league's best defenses have at least one high-caliber second-level defender. Funny how that works, isn't it?With the laundry list of responsibilities linebacke